spinney
Americannoun
plural
spinneysnoun
Etymology
Origin of spinney
1300–50; Middle English < Middle French espinei (masculine), espinaie (feminine) a place full of thorns, derivative of espine spine; compare Late Latin spīnētum difficulty, equivalent to Latin spīn ( a ) thorn ( spine ) + -ētum noun suffix ( arboretum )
Example Sentences
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Less than half a mile to the west, they came upon a spinney adjoining the southern edge of Caesar’s Belt.
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Merry went in front leading a laden pony, and took his way along a path that went through a spinney behind the house, and then cut across several fields.
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The flowery meads and bird-fruitful spinneys of the Arras teemed and rippled over the four walls.
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He led me into a small spinney, ample enough to hide us from view.
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Then they made a tour of inspection of the whole farm and surveyed with speechless admiration the ploughland, the hayfield, the orchard, the pool, the spinney.
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